Art, literature & history
A Fantastic Vase
1746/1747
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brownish black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 23.8 × 14.2 cm (9 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1986.63.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. A Fantastic Vase. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A Fantastic Vase — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1746/1747.
Medium: pen and brownish black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 23.8 × 14.2 cm (9 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1986.63.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.